Funnel cake

Name: Funnel cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 eggs; 300 ml milk; 2 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 250 g plain flour; 1.5 tsp baking powder; 0.25 tsp salt; 1000 ml vegetable oil; 40 g icing sugar

Swirled fried batter dusted with icing sugar

Features:Vegetarian Kid friendly

Cuisine:

American

Funnel cake started in Pennsylvania Dutch kitchens and became the smell of every American county fair and boardwalk, from the Kutztown Folk Festival to the Jersey shore. A thin batter is poured through a funnel in loops into hot oil, so it fries into a crisp, lacy, golden nest that you tear apart with your fingers under a snowfall of icing sugar. Chef's tip: keep your finger over the funnel until it is right over the oil, then move in quick overlapping circles from the centre out.

Total time: 30 min
Difficulty: easy
Serves: 6

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Ingredients

Serves6

2 eggs
1 ¼ cups milk
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
9 oz plain flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
4 ¼ cups vegetable oilfor frying
1 ⅜ oz icing sugarfor dusting

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Method

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Step 1: Whisk the 2 eggs, 1 ¼ cups milk, 2 tbsp sugar and 1 tsp vanilla extract, then whisk in the 9 oz plain flour, 1 ½ tsp baking powder and ¼ tsp salt to a smooth batter like single cream.
4 min
Step 2: Heat 4 cm of 4 ¼ cups vegetable oil in a wide, deep frying pan to 375°F.
8 min
Step 3: Pour about 120 ml of batter into a funnel (or a jug or squeezy bottle) and swirl it into the oil in a 18 cm lattice of loops.
1 min
Step 4: Fry for 1½ minutes until golden underneath, flip with tongs and fry 1 minute more. A common mistake is oil that is too cool, which gives a heavy, greasy cake.
3 min
Step 5: Drain on kitchen paper, dust thickly with 1 ⅜ oz icing sugar sugar and eat hot. Repeat with the rest of the batter.
15 min

Nutrition per serving

Calories: 330 kcal
Protein: 7 g
Carbs: 45 g
Fat: 14 g
Fibre: 1 g

Nutrition values are estimates.

Recipe by

KrazyBadal

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Good to know

How long does funnel cake take?: About 30 minutes in total: 10 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.
How many people does it serve?: 6 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
Is it vegetarian?: Yes. It has no meat or fish.
What can I use instead of eggs?: 1 tbsp ground flaxseed + 3 tbsp water per egg, left for 5 minutes (baking only; vegan).
What can I use instead of milk?: Oat, soy or almond milk, same amount (use unsweetened for savoury dishes).

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